Asymmetry’s Public Programme engages both the arts community and broader publics through thoughtfully conceived, thought-provoking formats and projects worldwide. We host talks, screenings, workshops, reading groups, performances, seminars, and symposia that reflect our core activities and mission to foreground Chinese and Sinophone perspectives within a global context, often working closely with major partner institutions. Programmes feature contributions from our fellows alongside collaborating artists, scholars, writers, and curators from around the world.
Asymmetry HQ10 – 12.07.2026
Asymmetry Publishers Festival51 Personae; Jordan, jordan Édition; Kayfa ta; Mediabus / The Book Society; Pamenar Press; Plant South Salesroom; Rabbits Road Press; Silver Press / Spiral House; and Tilted Axis Press
Public ProgrammeAsymmetry HQ09.2025Our Library Now Open by Appointment
Public ProgrammeAnnouncementPerformanceAsymmetry HQ03.06.2026, 6.30 – 8.30pmErrant Listeningbetween a Do and a ReNisha Ramayya and O YAMA O
SymposiumThe Courtauld Institute of Art15.05.2026, 9.30am – 6pm2026 Asymmetry International SymposiumEcologies of Attention: Sensing at the Edge
Talk & PanelAsymmetry HQ15.04.2026, 6.30 – 8.30pmUnreliable NarratorYasmine Anlan Huang and Cici Peng
LectureThe Courtauld Institute of Art28.10.2025 – 12.02.20262025 Asymmetry Distinguished Lecture Series at The CourtauldPsychedelic Reason
LectureThe Courtauld Institute of Art12.02.2026, 6 – 7.30pm2025 Asymmetry Distinguished Lecture Series at The CourtauldWing above Wing, Flame above Flame 翼覆翼，光覆光: The Pataphysics of Sensing Penny Yiou Peng
WorkshopAsymmetry HQ31.01.2026, 2 – 5pmErrant ListeningThe House of Onomatopoeia: A Sound Workshop, Lecture and PerformanceYang Yu-Chiao
WorkshopAsymmetry HQ22 – 24.01.2026Archiving in Community: Workshops in Collaboration with An Việt Archives
Talk & PanelAsymmetry HQ17.12.2025, 6 – 8pmWinter Curatorial GatheringPresentations and Panel by Our Fellows and Scholars
Talk & PanelAsymmetry HQ15.12.2025, 6 – 8pmErrant ListeningSounding Spaces: Documenting Sound Practice in Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong Since the 1990s Edward Sanderson and Zhongwei (Mabu) Li
LectureThe Courtauld Institute of Art25.11.2025, 6 – 7.30pm2025 Asymmetry Distinguished Lecture Series at The CourtauldThe power, the joy and the destruction: Journeys through ModernityRicardo Yui
LectureThe Courtauld Institute of Art28.10.2025, 6 – 7.30pm2025 Asymmetry Distinguished Lecture Series at The CourtauldOn Parasocial Media: The Shoggoth and the SkeuomorphGary Zhexi Zhang
Talk & PanelAsymmetry HQ21.06.2025, 2 – 4.30pm, 5 – 6.30pmLibrarians-in-ResidenceTowards a Shared Language: Magazine-making as Response
Public ProgrammeAsymmetry HQ01.05 – 12.06.2025Interest, Disinterest, and the Space BetweenOrganised by Weitian Liu
Talk & PanelOnline via Zoom27.05.2025, 3 – 5pm BSTLibrarians-in-ResidenceReading Asia, Elsewhere: Diasporic Reading Rooms in ActionOrganised by te editions
Publication LaunchAsymmetry HQ21.05.2025, 7 – 9pmLibrarians-in-ResidenceGet Low, Like Bumpkin Cannon 土炮之书Ye Funa and Lu Williams
SymposiumThe Courtauld Institute of Art25.04.2025, 9.30am – 6.45pm2025 Asymmetry International SymposiumSubsea Signals: Maritime Histories, Digital Currents
WorkshopVarious Locations13.02 – 19.03.2025Field NotesFostering Learning and Networks for Aspiring Curators
OutcomeChisenhale Gallery11.02.2025, 7 – 8pmDocumenting Time, Countering FormOrganised by Rachel Be-Yun Wang
OutcomeAsymmetry HQ07.12.2024, 2 – 4.30pmBuild Where You Stand 就地取材: Symposium and Vitrine PresentationOrganised by Li Jia
OutcomeAsymmetry HQ31.07 – 27.09.2024A Diachronic Record: Expanded ProgrammeOrganised by Rachel Be-Yun Wang
Talk & PanelAsymmetry HQ26.07.2024, 6 – 9pmLibrarians-in-ResidenceFan の Blog 迷妹の部屋Organised by Ye Funa
Lecture PerformanceAsymmetry HQ13.07.2024, 2 – 5.30pmLibrarians-in-ResidenceA Wanderer on the Science IslandLecture Performance and Printmaking WorkshopZijie
Public ProgrammeAsymmetry HQ16.05 – 12.07.2024Librarians-in-ResidenceOpen-Lib, Open-Co Organised by Ye Funa
OutcomeAsymmetry HQ06.07.2024, 2 – 4.30pmA Diachronic RecordA Screening, Discussion, and Vitrine Presentation on ‘Writing the Time Lag’ (2014–ongoing) by Lee Tzu TungCurated by Rachel Be-Yun Wang
Publication LaunchAsymmetry HQ02.07.2024, 7 – 9.30pmBitterness & WitEugene Yiu Nam Cheung, Sanja Grozdanić and Mira Mattar
Public ProgrammeCCA Berlin24.04 – 29.06.2024Enzo Camacho and Ami Lien: Offerings for EscalantePublic ProgrammeOrganised by Eugene Yiu Nam Cheung
ScreeningAsymmetry HQ14.06.2024, 5 – 8pmCopying and Creation: Film Screening and Panel Discussion on Dafen VillageFeixuan Xu, Tian Jiayi and Kiki Tianqi Yu
Public ProgrammeAsymmetry HQ18.05.2024, 3 – 5pmLibrarians-in-ResidenceCopy Machine:DIY Culture, Zine Making, and the Underground Music Scene
LectureThe Courtauld Institute of Art11.03 – 14.05.20242024 Asymmetry Distinguished Lecture Series at The CourtauldCritical Habitats
Talk & PanelThe Courtauld Institute of Art14.05.2024, 6 – 7.30pm2024 Asymmetry Distinguished Lecture Series at The CourtauldOfferings for EscalanteEnzo Camacho and Ami Lien
Talk & PanelAsymmetry HQ10.05.2024, 6 – 8pmGive/Given/VoiceJason Wee, Will Harris and Nicholas Y. H. Wong
LectureThe Courtauld Institute of Art30.04.2024, 6 – 7.30pm2024 Asymmetry Distinguished Lecture Series at The CourtauldEspionage and Disposable Lives Lee Kai Chung
Assembly Fondazione Querini Stampalia20.04.2024, 10am – 6pmA World of Many WorldsOne Day Assembly2024 Venice Biennale
Reading GroupAsymmetry HQ05.04.2024, 6 – 8pmLibrarians-in-ResidenceAnartist Book Club: Art, Labour, and ‘tǔ’Ye Funa, Feixuan Xu and Linzhi Zhang
LectureThe Courtauld Institute of Art11.03.2024, 6 – 8pm2024 Asymmetry Distinguished Lecture Series at The CourtauldSolar Wheels and Other StoriesShen Xin
PerformanceAsymmetry HQ23.02.2024, Door opens at 6.30pmA Night of Performances:Body Tongue, Chúc Mừng Năm Mới!bones tan jones and Will Pham
Talk & PanelAsymmetry HQ15.12.2023, 6 – 7.30pmTopography of Decay: Panel DiscussionHang Li, Yuhang Zhang and Shuyi Cao
Public ProgrammeAsymmetry HQ08 – 13.12.2023, 1 – 5pmTopography of Decay: Open LibraryHang Li, Yuhang Zhang and Shuyi Cao
SymposiumThe Courtauld Institute of Art01.12.2023, 9.30am – 5pm2023 Asymmetry International SymposiumMapping Intimacy Across Art, Science and Ecology
ScreeningAsymmetry HQ25.11.2023, 3 – 5PMThis Is China of a Particular Sort, I Do Not KnowYuhang Zhang and Clare Chun-yu Liu
Public ProgrammeOne Marylebone13.10.2023, 10am – 1pmAsymmetry Rituals: Day Rituals2023 Frieze LondonUte Meta Bauer, Michele Chu and Amiko Li
Talk & PanelAsymmetry HQ16.09.2023, 4 – 6pmLibrarians-in-ResidenceFlitting, Missing, Landing…An Afternoon Reading With Minying Huang, Travis Jeppesen and Eric Yip
Lecture PerformanceAsymmetry HQ06.08.2023, 3 – 5pmSummer Programme VPenumbra Asks Umbra: Digital Feminism in Post-rice Bunny China
Talk & PanelAsymmetry HQ15.07.2023, 3 – 5pmSummer Programme IV(re)productive Subjects: Collectivity and Economy
ScreeningAsymmetry HQ08.07.2023, 12 – 7pmSummer Programme III:All Day Film Screening and Conversations
Reading GroupAsymmetry HQ21.06.2023, 6 – 8pmLibrarians-in-ResidenceReading Group #3 Wildness Part II
Lecture PerformanceAsymmetry HQ16.06.2023, 6pmLibrarians-in-ResidenceCoral Dictionary Vol.1: 2019-2022Performative Lecture and Conversation With Alvin Li Chang Yuchen
Public ProgrammeThe Courtauld Institute of Art23.05.2023, 6 – 7.30pm2023 Asymmetry Distinguished Lecture Series at The CourtauldIntimate SystemsTrevor Yeung and Qu Chang
LectureThe Courtauld Institute of Art10.02 – 23.05.20232023 Asymmetry Distinguished Lecture Series at The CourtauldEnergies of Attachment: Rethinking Intimacy in Contemporary Chinese and Sinophone Art
LectureThe Courtauld Institute of Art05.05.2023, 6 – 8pm2023 Asymmetry Distinguished Lecture Series at The CourtauldPorous BeingsLotus Laurie Kang and Xiaowen Zhu
Talk & PanelAsymmetry HQ16.04.2023, 2 – 3.30pmProxy Conference: Collaborative Research Through Gameplay
LectureThe Courtauld Institute of Art09.03.2023, 6.30 – 8pm2023 Asymmetry Distinguished Lecture Series at The CourtauldGravity Is the Momentum of Feeling: Xin Liu and Joni Zhu
LectureThe Courtauld Institute of Art10.02.2023, 6 – 8pm2023 Asymmetry Distinguished Lecture Series at The CourtauldIntimate TetheringsAlvin Li and Xinyi Cheng
Publication LaunchChisenhale Gallery21.05.2022, 2 – 5.30pm BSTKua 跨 01: Re-integrationPublication LaunchYu’an Huang
Talk & PanelGoldsmiths, University of London17.02.2022Live Zoom Q&AIn conversation with Weitian Liu and Irit Rogoff
Talk & PanelChisenhale Gallery18.09.2021Local/Translocal: the Reproduction of Technological PromiseRoundtableOrganised by Hang Li
Talk & PanelChisenhale Gallery18.09.2021, 1 – 2.30pm BSTLocal/Translocal: the Reproduction of Technological PromisePanelOrganised by Hang Li